Author

Books by Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer who became one of the most original and influential figures in Russian literature. His early stories, including the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, drew on Ukrainian folk tradition; his later work — the story collection Mirgorod, the play The Government Inspector, and Dead Souls — are satirical masterpieces of social observation. Gogol suffered severe religious anxiety in his later years, burned much of his work including the second volume of Dead Souls, and died in 1852 at forty-two. His influence on subsequent Russian literature is immeasurable; Dostoevsky's remark that "we all came out from under Gogol's Overcoat"